Talk:Thomas Blood
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"Although Charles II was known as the Merrie Monarch, he is unlikely to have released Blood merely as a reward for his affrontery."
- What does "affrontery" mean? It's not in Merriam-Webster Online, nor Dictionary.com. Since I suspect it may be either a British word that doesn't exist in American English, I pose the question here. Alternatively, could the author mean "effrontery"? - (unsigned)
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- Probably just a spelling error, but "effrontery" isn't really all that apt. I've substituted 'boldness'. Feel free to change it if you think of a better alternative. - Nunh-huh 23:24, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
I could claim I used the 17th century spelling :) but it was just a typo. I meant effrontery as in shamlessness or chutzpah. But I've just found another meaning which involves "lack of ability to understand that your behaviour is not acceptable to other people", and by all accounts that is Blood. Concerned only with getting back land given to him by Cromwell or at least its value. I think he was also prepared to abandon his accomplices for his own ends too. garryq 00:54, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
I remember reading somewhere he was captured in a pub called "The Crown and Cushion", but here it says he never got out of the tower. Any ideas? EamonnPKeane 21:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- Effrontery - "audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to." Seems suitable enough.
- Affronter - "One who affronts, or insults to the face." If there were a word "affrontery", I doubt that was what Blood displayed when he met the king :-)
195.24.29.51 11:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What happened to Edwards?
The text only says he was stabbed in the stomach.
According to this "Edwards was promised a reward of two hundred pounds but never received it, the unfortunate man died of his wounds shortly after." he died, and Blood & Co thereby committed murder.
195.24.29.51 11:22, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Consequences of the attempted theft
The article omits to tell us what happened to Blood and co. after they were arrested. --APW 13:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
